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Monstrous Compendium Vol. 4: Eldraine Creatures
Speak with Rats. The ogre can verbally communicate simple concepts to ordinary rats and giant rats.Multiattack. The ogre makes two Club attacks, two Rat-Tail Whip attacks, or one of each.
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rodent allies fail them, chitterlords can also turn the tide of any battle with their prodigious strength and druidic magic.Call Rats (1/Day). The ogre magically calls 1d4;{"diceNotation":"1d4
Iron Bands of Binding
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This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or smaller creature you can see within 60 feet
hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the bands to contract and become a sphere once
Ring of Djinni Summoning
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While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The djinni appears in an unoccupied space you choose within 120
djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it, the djinni defends itself against attackers but takes no
Iron Bands of Bilarro
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Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or smaller creature you can see within 60 feet
hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the bands to contract and become a sphere once
Magic Items
Tyranny of Dragons
. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against black dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Water Breathing. You can breathe underwater.
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Tyranny of Dragons
blindsight out to 30 feet for 5 minutes.
Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against green dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If
you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Water Breathing. You can breathe underwater.
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Tyranny of Dragons
minutes.
Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against white dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw
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Tyranny of Dragons
blindsight out to 30 feet for 5 minutes.
Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against blue dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If
you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Lingering Shock. If you deal lightning damage to a creature, it can’t take reactions until its next turn.
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Tyranny of Dragons
Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against red dragons.
Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to
Magic Items
Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants
harp that you are worthy, attuning to the harp on a success. If you fail, you can’t attempt to attune to the harp again until the next dawn. Once you have successfully attuned to the harp, the
to a range of 120 feet.
The harp can speak, read, and understand Common and Giant. It can also communicate telepathically with the creature attuned to it.
The harp has a dramatic and pompous
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Tyranny of Dragons
darkvision out to 60 feet, or to an additional 60 feet if you already have that sense. Once per day, you can gain blindsight out to 30 feet for 5 minutes.
Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand
Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against dragons that share the color of the mask from which these properties were chosen.
Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If you fail a
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Vecna: Eve of Ruin
Dark Powers released Kas. From there, Kas set out to ruin his former master. Should Kas fail, the Dark Powers will reclaim him.
The crown is made of burnished and entwined metal rods. To attune to it
, you must place it on your head and speak a true desire of your heart. You know how to attune to the crown when you touch it.
Random Properties. The Crown of Lies has the following random properties
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Infernal Machine Rebuild
150 feet but lose all other movement.
You are blinded.
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You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to speak with only one animal of your choice.
All animals despise
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You can cast the speak with animals spell at will, but can use it to communicate only with insects.
Disturbing whispers on the edge of hearing haunt all creatures within 30 feet of you
Magic Items
The Book of Many Things
takes effect. You must draw each card you declared no more than 1 hour after the previous draw. Unless a card states otherwise, if you fail to draw the chosen number, the remaining number of cards fly
the transformation early. When you revert to your normal form, you return to the same state you were in when you initially transformed.
Book. You gain the ability to speak, read, and write 1d6 + 2
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Waterdeep: Dragon Heist
Discovering the Drow Any character who spends 1 hour observing a ship’s crew can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. With a successful check, the character notices that most crew members speak
ships’ figureheads (see area J8) fail to hold up to physical inspection, meaning that characters who interact with crew members have a chance to notice the illusion. For example, a character who grabs one
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Ring of Djinni Summoning Ring, legendary (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The
points. It then returns to its home plane. While summoned, the djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it
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Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus
transformation. Your alignment becomes lawful good, and you gain the following traits:
Angelic Language. You can speak, read, and write Celestial.
Celestial Resistance. You have resistance to necrotic and
Zariel by destroying fiends and other evildoers wherever I find them.
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The Sword of Zariel has chosen me. I shall not fail to wield it justly.
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Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Ring of Djinni Summoning Ring, legendary (requires attunement) While wearing this ring, you can speak its command word as an action to summon a particular djinni from the Elemental Plane of Air. The
points. It then returns to its home plane. While summoned, the djinni is friendly to you and your companions. It obeys any commands you give it, no matter what language you use. If you fail to command it
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Basic Rules (2014)
Iron Bands of Binding Wondrous item, rare This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or
modifier plus your proficiency bonus. On a hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dungeon Master’s Guide (2014)
Iron Bands of Bilarro Wondrous item, rare This rusty iron sphere measures 3 inches in diameter and weighs 1 pound. You can use an action to speak the command word and throw the sphere at a Huge or
modifier plus your proficiency bonus. On a hit, the target is restrained until you take a bonus action to speak the command word again to release it. Doing so, or missing with the attack, causes the
Kenku
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Volo's Guide to Monsters
. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at effective planning or crafting long-term schemes.
Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
extension of its creator, with the two sharing thoughts, senses, and language through a mystical bond. A master can have only one homunculus at a time (attempts to create another one always fail), and
when its master dies, the homunculus also dies. Shared Mind. A homunculus knows everything its creator knows, including all the languages the creator can speak and read. Likewise, everything the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tyranny of Dragons
feet for 5 minutes. Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against dragons that share the mask’s color. Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Player’s Handbook
learn a key piece of information. On the other hand, if you insult a proud warrior or speak ill of a noble’s allies, your efforts to convince or deceive will likely fail.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Flee, Mortals! Rule Primer
pulse of transformational energy. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or undergo one of the following transformations of your choice for the duration. The target can choose to fail this
saving throw. Head. The target’s head transforms into the head of a fish, proportionately sized for their body. They can’t speak. Legs. The target’s legs become fins. Their walking speed is reduced to
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
Hopeless Plagiarists As a result of their lack of creativity, kenku function comfortably as minions of a powerful master. Flock leaders enforce discipline and minimize conflicts, but they fail at
effective planning or crafting long-term schemes. Although unable to speak in their own voices, kenku can perfectly mimic any sound they hear, from a halfling’s voice to the noise of rocks clattering
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Candlekeep Mysteries
who fail their saves, fall into a trance until dawn—when they come to their senses, completely rested and healed. All party members who completed the ritual can speak and understand the Grippli language from now on.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->D&D Beyond Basic Rules
insult a proud warrior or speak ill of a noble’s allies, your efforts to convince or deceive will likely fail.
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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Hoard of the Dragon Queen
feet for 5 minutes. Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against dragons that share the mask’s color. Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Rise of Tiamat
feet for 5 minutes. Dragon Tongue. You can speak and understand Draconic. You also have advantage on any Charisma check you make against dragons that share the mask’s color. Legendary Resistance (1/Day). If you fail a saving throw, you can choose to succeed instead.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tomb of Annihilation
creatures who fail to speak the correct passphrase. The current passphrase is “black mask.” Characters are given three chances to utter the correct phrase before Ukurlahmu attacks. Before it attacks, the
naga uses a bonus action to speak a magic command word that causes two minotaur skeletons to rise from the bones on the floor. The skeletons obey the naga. Ukurlahmu speaks strangely. When it asks a
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Journeys through the Radiant Citadel
Memories of Dae Won-Ha Despite being driven by sorrow and rage, the gwishin of Dae Won-Ha is willing to speak to the characters. Her initial communication is limited to mournful statements like
tokens, or they attempt to speak with the dead and succeed on a DC 16 Charisma (Deception or Persuasion) check, the gwishin is calmed enough to talk; see “Conversing with the Gwishin.” Additionally
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Quests from the Infinite Staircase
eagles who speak Common, welcome the characters to Derwyth’s wood. The eagles are loyal to Derwyth and friendly to those who regard her home with respect. They spend their days soaring over the valley
join the fray on initiative count 20 of the third round (losing initiative ties); the elk aid the eagles however they can. Attacking the eagles sours Derwyth’s opinion of the characters, who fail her
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Divine Contention
spends 1 hour observing a ship’s crew can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Perception) check. On a success, the character notices that most crew members speak Common with an Elvish accent and exchange hand signals
when they think no one is looking. A drow character recognizes the hand signals as Drow Sign Language.
The changes wrought by the magic of the ships’ figureheads fail to hold up to physical inspection
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Dragon Delves
twelve runes engraved around the sphinx statue. Each is an ancient symbol for a different hour. If the characters fail to answer the riddle correctly, Oliekintara seems pleased with her own cleverness
and speak or sign the passphrase “Cozmioko grins” in any language. Parting Gifts. Before the characters leave, Oliekintara gives them directions to Haskasori, a day’s journey deeper into the desert. If






